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Marty Kirshner and Derek Rawls, Gray, Gray and Gray via CEMA
As we write this, the largest tax reform bill in more than 30 years has, at long last, been finalized — almost. All that remains is a formal vote and the signature of the President for the Tax Reduction and Jobs Act of 2017 to become law. It is anticipated many of the provisions in the final bill will become effective for 2018.
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CEMA
Connecticut was the last state to pass a budget when they did so in late October. It was the first bipartisan budget passed in Connecticut since the Rowland administration, when surpluses were abundant. Unfortunately, the Republicans were not able to bring any magic to fix the reoccurring deficits that we have experienced for the last several years the negotiating table and the state now finds itself in a $208 million budget deficit.
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PMAA via CEMA
NOTE: THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO DRIVERS OPERATING WITHIN A 100 AIR-MILE RADIUS OF THEIR BASE.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) deadline for compliance with electronic logging device (ELD) requirements for recording drivers daily hours of service (HOS) is Dec. 18, 2017. The ELD rule was mandated by Congress as part of the 2012 transportation authorization and funding law known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
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CEMA
A recently-released "working paper" from the Georgetown University Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) outlining a new cap-and-trade program aimed at the transportation fuel sector in the Northeast (including Connecticut), is recommending a program that would work similar to the way the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) does in the power generation sector.
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PMAA via CEMA
PMAA has received numerous questions about how the expiration of the Oil Spill Liability Tax (OSLT) on Dec. 31, 2017 will impact petroleum marketers. In short, there is no impact whatsoever. Marketers are not required to do anything as a result of the OSLT expiration.
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CEMA
The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) is pleased to announce that Sean Cota has been named NEFI President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Dec. 8, 2017. Cota has been working full-time at the NEFI offices in Worcester, Massachusetts, actively managing the organization's leadership transition and overseeing its staff.
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CEMA
Ernest A. Wiehl, Jr. passed away peacefully Dec. 8, 2017 in Vero Beach, Florida. He was born Jan. 15, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, son of the late Ernest and Lucile Wiehl. He attended Fox Meadow School, Roger Ludlowe High School and Loomis School. During those years, Mr. Wiehl became an Eagle Scout.
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CEMA
For the third year in a row, CEMA's annual holiday party sold out last week, despite having a larger venue. Held at the New England Carousel Museum, we hosted a total of 140 guests. These included guests from Operation Fuel which received a $5,000 donation from Good Works Insurance. Good Works will match any donation from a CEMA member, up to $5000, which means another potential donation of up to $10,000 to Operation Fuel.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
Question: Our employee has tendonitis. His condition has not seen any improvement, if anything he has experienced regression. To date we have conducted two ergonomic assessments. We made the recommended adjustments following both assessments.
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The News-Times
The first snow is in the books and southwestern Connecticut's home-heating season is in high gear.Oil remains the most common way to heat homes throughout the state even as natural gas continues to gain in popularity. Oil and other liquefied gases heat 48.5 percent of the households in Connecticut, while natural gas is the fuel of choice in 33.6 percent of the homes, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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The News Times
Why does gasoline cost 52 cents a gallon more in Greenwich than Bridgeport? Is it because folks in Greenwich are richer and can afford it? Or is it because it costs gasoline station owners more to operate in that tony ZIP code? While both factors are probably true, the reason gasoline costs more in some towns than in others is because of something called "zone pricing."
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CT News Junkie
It was billed as a transportation forum for Republican gubernatorial hopefuls, but very few addressed the issue during the 10 minutes they were allotted to address more than 300 members of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association. The problem: Connecticut's special transportation fund will start running a deficit in 2019. Current estimates say it'll be $38.1 million in the red.
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Hartford Business Journal
State officials are launching a new voluntary compliance program that incentivizes delinquent taxpayers to report and pay back taxes with the goal of returning as much as $85 million to state coffers. The CT Fresh Start program is available to both individuals and businesses, said state Department of Revenue Services (DRS) Commissioner Kevin Sullivan.
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Hartford Courant
Tucked inside Eversource's request for a rate increase of $337 million over three years is more than $4 million in membership fees to business and economic development groups that critics say ratepayers should not have to pay. As part of its "community relations and economic development" program, Eversource has proposed spending $574,000 for membership fees to the Edison Electric Institute.
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Hartford Courant
Eversource has threatened to sue the Environmental Defense Fund unless the group backs off its accusation that the utility manipulated gas deliveries to create shortages that led to higher electricity prices costing consumers $3.6 billion over three years.
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